Upper Loop Yellowstone - Nature & Wildlife
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- Day Trip
- Group Tour
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This is a tour of the northern range of Yellowstone National Park and the 'Upper Loop' of Yellowstone. We call this the Wildlife and Nature tour because it highlights the opportunity for abundant wildlife viewing and stunning landscapes. This tour will give you all of the best opportunities to see wildlife in Yellowstone and you will be able to sit back and take in the sights with us, with an extended focus on wildlife spotting with scopes and binoculars.
Itinerary Details
Operated by: CoveredGround Tours
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At:
Bask in the awe inspiring beauty of the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway making stops at places like Dead Indian's Pass and Pilot Peak
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lamar Valley
Watch out for extreme wildlife viewing in the 'Serengeti of the West' in Lamar Valley. Common wildlife sightings include Black Bear, Grizzly Bear, Grey Wolves, Moose, Pronghorn, Mountain Goat, Mule Deer and more.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Tower Fall
See the Iconic Tower Fall waterfall, one of the many sights painted by 19th century artists that helped make Yellowstone the first National Park in the World
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mammoth Hot Springs
Walk along both the Upper Terraces and Lower travertine Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs. See the amazing colors produced by billions of thermophile microorganisms and learn about how this massive bed of limestone is such a wonderful piece of history in the national park
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Sheepeater Cliffs
Pull into the columnar-shaped lava fields of Sheepeater Cliffs and see where the Tukudika Tribes hunted Bighorn Sheep thousands of years ago.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At:
Drive past the epic Obsidian Cliff. Stretching over 3 miles long, obsidian from this cliff is found along Native trading routes between Western Canada and the Hope Valley Mortuary in Ohio. It is estimated that 90% of obsidian artifacts come from lava rock cooled at these cliffs.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Norris Geyser Basin
Drive past the upper viewing point to Norris Geyser Basin
Stop At: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Stop at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone to see the always inspiring Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Hayden Valley
Keep an eye out for more herds of Buffalo, Elk, Gray Wolves and more in Hayden Valley as we work our way along the east side of Yellowstone National Park, back to Cody
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At:
Make a quick pit stop at Fishing Bridge Visitor Center for one final bathroom break and chance for gift shopping at Fishing Bridge.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At:
See the original hunting lodge of Buffalo Bill Cody at the Pahaska Tepee, when open.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At:
Drive through what President Theodore Roosevelt dubbed the "most scenic drive in America" and the nation's first national forest, the Shoshone National Forest.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Stop At:
Bask in the awe inspiring beauty of the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway making stops at places like Dead Indian's Pass and Pilot Peak
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lamar Valley
Watch out for extreme wildlife viewing in the 'Serengeti of the West' in Lamar Valley. Common wildlife sightings include Black Bear, Grizzly Bear, Grey Wolves, Moose, Pronghorn, Mountain Goat, Mule Deer and more.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Tower Fall
See the Iconic Tower Fall waterfall, one of the many sights painted by 19th century artists that helped make Yellowstone the first National Park in the World
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mammoth Hot Springs
Walk along both the Upper Terraces and Lower travertine Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs. See the amazing colors produced by billions of thermophile microorganisms and learn about how this massive bed of limestone is such a wonderful piece of history in the national park
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Sheepeater Cliffs
Pull into the columnar-shaped lava fields of Sheepeater Cliffs and see where the Tukudika Tribes hunted Bighorn Sheep thousands of years ago.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At:
Drive past the epic Obsidian Cliff. Stretching over 3 miles long, obsidian from this cliff is found along Native trading routes between Western Canada and the Hope Valley Mortuary in Ohio. It is estimated that 90% of obsidian artifacts come from lava rock cooled at these cliffs.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Norris Geyser Basin
Drive past the upper viewing point to Norris Geyser Basin
Stop At: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Stop at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone to see the always inspiring Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Hayden Valley
Keep an eye out for more herds of Buffalo, Elk, Gray Wolves and more in Hayden Valley as we work our way along the east side of Yellowstone National Park, back to Cody
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At:
Make a quick pit stop at Fishing Bridge Visitor Center for one final bathroom break and chance for gift shopping at Fishing Bridge.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At:
See the original hunting lodge of Buffalo Bill Cody at the Pahaska Tepee, when open.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At:
Drive through what President Theodore Roosevelt dubbed the "most scenic drive in America" and the nation's first national forest, the Shoshone National Forest.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
